“No doubt the surly, rebellious, chaotic and brilliant policeman John Rebus would have drunkenly disdained the honours and praise that rained down on his creator

the Scottish writer Ian Rankin (Cardenden, 1960) in Barcelona on Thursday as he won the 10th RBA Prize for the Crime Novel for his book Even Dogs in the Wild. In addition to receiving 125,000 euros and having his book published, the Scottish writer has joined a list of renowned writers such as Philip Kerr, Andrea Camilleri, Francisco González Ledesma, Michael Connelly and Don Winslow, winner of the previous edition with The Cartel.”

Translation by The Spanish Bookstage

Read full article here Juan Carlos Galindo, El País